It will be tighter affair, in terms of time, as we are manning a table and taking full group involvement in the Windrush Ball event to be held in the evening in Birmingham – a project that the group has taken an involvement in setting up.

As such we expect to be ending the session promptly for a 4.15pm departure. So your arrival at 1pm would be mutually beneficial.

This is the two week notice of our next meetings at Solihull Library along with notice of what we are planning to be involved in for October’s Black History Month events. In terms of October’s events a flyer will be produced and sent shortly with fuller details.

Meetings

Saturday 28th September 2013,

1st Floor

Solihull Central Library

Homer Road,

Solihull

B91 3RG

Meeting Times

1) 12-2pm – Training Session – Reading OldHandwriting

Basic skills of deciphering potentially tricky handwriting on records and documents you will be looking at in your research.

2) 2-4pm – Research Session

Time to continue with your research – with as much help as we can provide with our final preparations for exhibitions (outlined below)

1) Solihull Library – Month of October, 26th if October, How you can help/contribute

Exhibition – commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Windrush with other images of our ship travelling ancestors who came to these shores from the Caribbean

Work Shop Day – 26th October, Solihull Library. A day to be guided around the exhibition and do mini workshops on research and start your family history research if you have not done so. Contact

How you can help!Do you have any memorabilia or family connections that stem back to the Windrush. If so, please do make contact and we can explore an acceptable way to use it in our exhibition with your permission.

2) Kingshurst Development Trust – Month of October and 19th October

Exhibition – Bringing our Exhibition material for Family History Research to this location in the North of Solihull Borough

Work Shop Day – 19th October 2013 – following a similar pattern to our previous Solihull Library Exhibition Workshop Days

3) Genealogy Day – Wolverhampton 19th October 2013 (Still to be confirmed)

We have been invited to contribute to an event being organised by the Black Local History & Cultural Archives Project (BLHCAP)in Wolverhampton. Again more details to follow when finally confirmed.

Exhibition – Caribbean Family History Research + Stories1 October 2011 – 31 October 2012

Workshop – Walk-in surgery
Saturday 13 October 10am – 4pm
Assistance for anyone who would like advice/help with their family research.

Event – Open DaySaturday 27 October 10am – 4pm
Come and meet experienced researchers and group members face to face, and get help to build your family tree.
-Learn the 5 basic steps of genealogy
– Find out how family and friends, archive records and DNA can help you trace your ancestors
– Microfilms of original documents from Caribbean available at Solihull library!